And screening in HD for the first time in NZ will be The Amazing Race, when the 22nd season premieres on Tuesday (TV2, 7.30).

Highlights will include skydiving in Bora Bora, scaling the face of Mt Eiger and Shemozzle racing in Christchurch.

Kiwi producer Phil Keoghan told The Hollywood Reporter the Schemozzle Race was the season highlight.

“That was my old high school friend’s farm. I was really proud to share my homeland and friends with the viewers, the cast and of course, the crew.

“The ariel footage over the Rakaia River was just breathtaking.

“Also, the best reactions all season came from watching the teams see a live scorpion go inside the mouth of a bushman in Botswana.”

The new series also introduces a strategic twist: The first team to check in at the first pit stop will earn two “Express Passes” – one to keep for themselves and one that must be given to another team.

Also new to TV2 that week is Street Hospital (8.00 Thursday), which follows Wellington Free Ambulance paramedics on the frontline of the city’s busiest party street.

Also of note in HD for the week starting September 7:

❑ The season premiere of Nothing Trivial (TV One, 8.30 Wednesday)

❑ The “premiere” of Outrageous Fortune’s first – and last – season in HD (TV3, 10.25 Saturday)

❑ The network premieres of The Green Lantern(TV2, 7.00 Sunday), Rio (TV3, 7.00 Sunday) and Big Mommas: Like Father Like Son (TV3, 7.30 Friday)

4 Responses to “HD Heads-Up: September 7-13”

Finally, TVNZ listens to its viewers and we get Scandal twice, which is better! I find this show incredibly addictive after watching it OnDemand! Philip, will TV One jump into season two after playing the short first season?

Yes, unless the first seven eps bomb. But if other viewers find it as addictive as you, the strategy sets up a 15-week lead-in to Christmas, with the possibility of season three being rolled out in time for TV One’s new season in February. Fingers crossed.